Marcus, Jacob Rader.

EARLY AMERICAN JEWRY: THE JEWS OF NEW YORK NEW ENGLAND AND CANADA 1649-1794

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1951. Item #41020

Cloth; 8vo. Xxviii, 301 pages. First edition. Illustrated with plates. With bibliographic notes and an index The book talks about Jewish life, the highs and lows, in war and in peace, during persecution, and from the Sephardim to Jewish war speculators. There are biographies of numerous people and how they fared in colonial America. This is volume I of the series and stands on its own. Volume II, published a few years later, deals with Pennsylvania. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- United States – History; Jews -- Canada -- History. Light edgewear, good+ condition. (AMR-25-12).

Price: $100.00